cybersnyder

I just heard something awesome!! Just wanted to announce that.

If awesome things happen and nobody knows, then they didn’t happen.

Cadets can use all the positive PR they can get.

Doesn't seem to be any interest in "band" in Maryland. I'd move to Florida, liability laws are probably more lenient there.

Are flubs more of a regional thing? I've never seen them in the PA / MD area, then again the drumlines are smaller and have no real need of an "intern" type of instrument. The big chore is filling the line. The closest I've seen is Pittsburgh Steelers' Steeline marches 3-4 "boom drums", which are flat bass drums with no bottom heads.

"Going away" was too extreme. At risk, is probably not inaccurate. Every corps will die at some point.

Another unknown are the details of the settlement with Hopkins

Yes. But I think USB has a bit more of a life to it than bingo. Money is reality, if The Cadets can’t balance their cost / revenue and USB goes away, The Cadets go away.

But hasn’t the Cadets portion of the organization been in the red historically while USBands has turned a nice profit? For YEA it would make more sense to drop the Cadets and focus on band competitions and festivals.

Right, the 2021-released 990 will be telling. I was thinking the Hopkins stuff started in 2017. May not need to wait that long though. One side effect of releasing staff is that someone tends to talk.

Their 990 should come out in March or so of 2020. If USBands income has dropped as much as rumored, it won’t be pretty.

No offense to tenors, but i hate how high pitched they are. I greatly approve of any voicing experiments.

I’ve never noticed different tenors in a drum line. I like.

I guess if you’re number 55 to sign the contract you might be able to negotiate for a reduced rate.

Opens thread ::backs away slowly:::

Definitely. If you go 55, you probably want to go 70-75. It all depends on how long your tour is and such. Packed in like sardines is more palatable on a short tour.

If you go 57, let’s say, you need a second bus which greatly increases your transportation costs. Most buses hold 55 passengers.

That would work too. I want to buy a contra (I play electric bass), not that it would be great for a blues / classic rock gig. Just to play and maybe do brass caroling during Christmas. But $9k....

When I think of Phantom, I think of euphoniums and that makes me happy. Whatever they do, I'll probably enjoy it.

DCI needs more "Drumline", IMHO.

I probably have you beat - 400kt nuclear warheads. Heh.

That would be reasonable.

I have veterans guilt because I didn’t do time in the sand. So, I don’t do the free stuff. But I do take the veterans parking spot at Harris Teeter ( grocery store chain)

Who would pay that?

But from their 990 filings, the biggest component *is* USBands. It would be wiser to spin off The Cadets that operates deep in the red.